The Year of the Harvest: Planting

Our sermon series this coming year will be focused on the
harvest - harvesting the fruit in our spiritual lives, in our
families, in our finances, in our work, and in our church. None of
these aspects of our life belong to us - they have been graciously
furnished to us by God - but He does expect a harvest from them and
for us to offer to Him the fruits of our labor. We are spending an
entire year on it because none of us - apart from a miraculous work
of God - can bring about a harvest in one season. It takes
planning, preparing, planting, cultivating, harvesting, and even a
time of fallow ground or rest. Each is a different season of our
spiritual lives. We skip a season at the risk of damaging the
harvest. Spiritual formation - in your life and in our church -
takes time. We are going to spend the time this year learning how
to take care of the vineyard that God has put us in charge of.